Lamborghini invited Paolo Feraboli, Founder and Head of the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, to assist with research and development.
The Mastermind behind Forged Composite Technology: Once the right mass has been cut and placed into a hot press mold, it is squeezed under high pressure, heated, and voila! - You have an object that is as light and stiff as a traditionally created carbon fiber object only this one is produced in minutes instead of hours. Unlike traditional carbon fiber sheets, this material does not require careful cutting and precise laying into molds. Typically, carbon fiber is made usable by laying it up in sheet form and infusing it with resin.įorged Composite, on the other hand, is a unique technology which involves using a paste of fibers mixed with a resin to be squeezed out into various forms.įorged Composite starts off as a sheet of uncured plastic, and is mixed with short randomly placed carbon fiber strands. How is it Different from Regular Carbon Fiber?
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Īccording to Feraboli, Forged Composite is not a specific material or a single process, but a comprehensive technology that combines material characteristics, process specifications, and engineering and design knowledge, which, when fused together, allows for the creation of a composite carbon fiber part. Paolo Feraboli, founder and head of the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, and inventor of Forged Composite technology describes it as ‘a revolution in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) compounds’.
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įorged Composite is essentially an upgrade on existing carbon fiber technology. Lamborghini teamed up with Callaway Golf Company and the University of Washington, and collectively undertook extensive R&D to develop a material with superior resistance to fatigue and moisture, high resistance to damage and flaws, lower elasticity modulus compared to aluminum, great mechanical durability, and higher adaptability to suit product designers’ needs, among other things. One of the goals of Lamborghini was to replace forged aluminum suspension control arms which are used in its manufacturing processes with carbon fiber suspension control arms.
Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini had been attempting to reduce composite part cost and increase the rate of production since 2007. The story of how Forged Composite was invented goes back to the mid-2000s. Hey fans, here is a brief write-up to quickly take you through what Forged Composite technology is, and how it was invented. How was Forged Composite Technology Invented?
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